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Pierre Magnier
Pierre Frédéric Magnier (February 22, 1869 - October 15, 1959) was a French actor who began on the stage in the 1890s and became a prominent silent film actor in France. He was the second actor to portray ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' in any film in 1925. He continued acting until the 1950s. He is most remembered for the role of the General in Jean Renoir's ''La règle du jeu'', where he has one of the films more poignant quotes (''and the film's final line'') when he praises Marcel Dalio's character as one of "''a vanishing breed''." Selected filmography * '' Le Duel D'Hamlet'' with Sarah Bernhardt (1900) * '' André Cornélis'' (1918) *''La Roue'' (1923) * ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1925) * ''Tossing Ship'' (1932) * ''Antoinette'' (1932) * '' All for Love'' (1933) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1933) * '' Second Bureau'' (1935) * '' Lady Killer'' (1937) * ''The Lie of Nina Petrovna'' (1937) * '' The Cheat'' (1937) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (1937) * ''Golden Venus'' (1938) * '' Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Orphans (1933 Film)
''The Two Orphans'' (French: ''Les deux orphelines'') is a 1933 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Rosine Deréan, Renée Saint-Cyr and Gabriel Gabrio. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.Waldman p.147 The film was based on the play '' The Two Orphans'' which had been turned into several films. Tourneur altered the story slightly by moving it forward from the French Revolution to the Napoleonic Era. Cast See also * ''Orphans of the Storm ''Orphans of the Storm'' is a 1921 American silent drama film by D. W. Griffith set in late-18th-century France, before and during the French Revolution. The last Griffith film to feature both Lillian and Dorothy Gish, it was a commercial failu ...'' (1921) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1942) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1954) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1965) * '' The Two Orphans'' (1976) References Bibliography * Waldman, Harry. ''Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films''. McFar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Misfortunes Of Sophie
''The Misfortunes of Sophie'' (French: ''Les Malheurs de Sophie'') is a 1946 French comedy drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Madeleine Rousset, Marguerite Moreno and Michel Auclair.Palmer & Michael p.69 The film is based on the novel of the same name by the Countess of Ségur. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alexandre Trauner and Marcel Magniez Marcel Magniez (born 1888) was a French art director who designed the sets for around forty film productions from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Soister p.281 Selected filmography * '' Parisian Pleasures'' (1927) * '' My Aunts and I'' (1937 .... Cast References Bibliography * Tim Palmer & Charlie Michael. ''Directory of World Cinema: France''. Intellect Books, 2013. External links * 1946 films 1946 comedy-drama films French comedy-drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jacqueline Audry Films based on French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lessons In Conduct
''Lessons in Conduct'' (French: ''Leçon de conduite'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Odette Joyeux, Gilbert Gil and Jean Tissier. The film's sets were designed by Paul-Louis Boutié. Main cast *Odette Joyeux as Micheline *Gilbert Gil as Jacques *Jean Tissier as Frédo *André Alerme as M. Granval *Bernard La Jarrige as Roland *Max Révol as Alexandre *Max Dalban as Mario *Anne-Marie Hunebelle *Félix Claude *Renée Vos as Danielle *Pierre Magnier as M. Derlancourt *Maurice Baquet as Jean *Yves Deniaud (actor), Yves Deniaud as Angélo References External links * 1946 comedy films French comedy films Films directed by Gilles Grangier French black-and-white films 1940s French-language films 1940s French films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahlia The Mestiza
''Mahlia the Mestiza'' (French: ''Mahlia la métisse'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Walter Kapps and starring Käthe von Nagy, Jean Servais and Georges Paulais.Bock & Bergfelder p.336 The film had a lengthy and troubled production, as it began shooting in 1939 before the outbreak of the Second World War. Cast * Käthe von Nagy as Mahlia - a mixed race woman adopted by a French couple * Jean Servais as Henri de Roussière - the son of Mahlia's adoptive parents * Georges Paulais as Mahlia's father * Catherine Fonteney as Madame de Roussière - Mahlia's adoptive mother * Pierre Magnier as Le docteur Moreuil (Dr. Moreuil) * Ky Duyen as Sao * Roger Karl as Tchang - a rich and sleezy man who covets Mahlia * Brigitte Bargès * Jacques Baumer * Pierre Labry * Philina Loquez * France Mooréa * Olga Pauletti * Georges Péclet * Janine Viénot Janine may refer to: People and characters * Janine (given name) Music * "Janine" (David Bowie song), a 1969 song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeannou
''Jeannou'' is a 1943 French comedy film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Michèle Alfa, Saturnin Fabre and Thomy Bourdelle. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart. It was partly shot on location in Mouzens in the Dordogne region. The film was made during the German occupation of France and is notable for its Vichyist theme of returning to the land. Poirier had already displayed his Nationalist sympathies with his patriotic films ''Verdun'' and ''The Call of Silence''.Crisp p.84 Cast * Michèle Alfa as Jeannou * Saturnin Fabre as Frochard * Thomy Bourdelle as Peyrac * Roger Duchesne as Pierre Levasseur * Pierre Magnier as Le marquis de Cantagril * Maurice Schutz as Éloi des Farges * Henri Poupon * Henri Arius * Pierre Labry * Maurice Salabert * Lyne Carrel as Albertine * Marcelle Géniat as Marceline * Mireille Perrey Mireille Perrey (1904–1991) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.328 Perrey played some leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serenade (1940 Film)
''Serenade'' or ''Schubert's Serenade'' (french: Sérénade) is a 1940 French historical film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet and Bernard Lancret. It portrays a fictional romance between the Austrian composer Franz Schubert and an English dancer. The film was the first of two the Anglo-German actress Lillian Harvey made in France, after leaving Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ....Ascheid p. 243 Cast References Bibliography * * External links * 1940 films French historical romance films French black-and-white films 1940s historical romance films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jean Boyer Films set in Vienna Films set in the 19th century Films about composers Films about classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coral Reefs (film)
''Coral Reefs'' (French title: ''Le Récif de corail'') is a 1939 French-language adventure film made in Germany. Directed by Maurice Gleize, the screenplay was written by Charles Spaak, based on a novel by Jean Martet. The film stars Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, and Pierre Renoir. It tells the story of a wanderer in Australia who kills a man in a fight and goes on the run. He meets a girl who is hiding in the wilds and the two fall in love, but they are pursued by a determined police detective. Plot In Brisbane, Ted Lennard kills a criminal in a struggle and manages to get aboard the Portland, a cargo ship bound for Mexico. On the way the vessel stops at Togobu, an unclaimed coral reef inhabited by a few happy Polynesians and an Englishman who hates civilization. On arrival at Mexico, money is missing from the captain's cabin and Ted is confined in the hold. When the money is found, the ship is back at Brisbane and Ted is released with apologies. He heads up country to avoid arrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Personal Column (film)
''Personal Column'' (french: Pièges) is a 1939 French thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Maurice Chevalier, Pierre Renoir, Marie Déa and Erich von Stroheim. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Maurice Colasson and Georges Wakhévitch. ''Lured'', an American re-make, directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Lucille Ball, was released in 1947. Plot After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man whom she met through a personal column ad, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer. She meets and falls in love with the charming nightclub owner and womanizer Robert Fleury, but clues begin to appear that suggest that it is he who is the murderer. Partial cast * Maurice Chevalier as Robert Fleury * Marie Déa as Adrienne Charpentier, la journaliste/the newspaper woman * Pierre Renoir as Brémontier * Erich von Stroh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Venus
''Golden Venus'' (French: ''La Vénus de l'or'') is a 1938 French adventure film directed by Jean Delannoy and Charles Méré and starring Jacques Copeau, Daniel Lecourtois and Mireille Balin.Goble p.402 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ... Robert Dumesnil. Cast In alphabetical order References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1938 films French adventure films 1938 adventure films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Charles Méré Films directed by Jean Delannoy French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ladies In The Green Hats (1937 Film)
''The Ladies in the Green Hats'' (French: ''Ces dames aux chapeaux verts'') is a 1937 French comedy drama film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Marguerite Moreno, Alice Tissot and Micheline Cheirel.Goble p.2 Cast * Marguerite Moreno as Telcide * Alice Tissot as Marie * Micheline Cheirel as Arlette * Mady Berry as Ernestine * Pierre Larquey as Ulysse Hyacinthe * Gilbert Landry as Jacques de Fleurville * Pierre Magnier as M. de Fleurville * André Numès Fils as Emile Dutoit * Georges Mauloy as Le grand Doyen * Nicolas Amato * Marcelle Barry as Jeanne * Jacques Beauvais as Le livreur * Félix Claude * Nicole Ferrier as Jessy * Gabrielle Fontan as Rosalie * Anthony Gildès Anthony Gildès (13 August 1856 – 6 October 1941) was a French actor. Anthony Gildès was born Anatole Gleizes in Metz, France. He died in Paris at age 85. Selected filmography * '' The Zone of Death'' (1917) * '' The Torture of Silence'' (191 ... as Le commissaire * Vyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cheat (1937 Film)
''The Cheat'' (French: ''Forfaiture'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Victor Francen, Sessue Hayakawa and Louis Jouvet.Kennedy-Karpat p.156 It is a remake of the American silent film '' The Cheat'' by Cecil B. DeMille. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Main cast * Victor Francen as Pierre Moret * Sessue Hayakawa as Prince Hu-Long * Louis Jouvet as Valfar * Lise Delamare as Denise Moret * Lucas Gridoux as Tang-Si * Ève Francis as Mrs. Curtis * Lucien Nat as Maître Ribeyre * Pierre Magnier as Le Président de la société * Jean Brochard as Félicien * Sylvia Bataille Sylvia Bataille (born Sylvia Maklès; 1 November 1908 – 22 December 1993) was a French actress of Romanian-Jewish descent. When she was twenty, she married the writer Georges Bataille with whom she had a daughter, the psychoanalyst Laurence Bata ... as Ming References Bibliography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
